Improvement in combined hat-racks and umbrella-stands



' 1.-w. cuRR'lEm I mprbvementin Combined Hat Racks and Umbrlia Stands.

No. 124-,552. Patehted March12, 1872.

Witnesses.

a Z (75V I UNITE 'IES JOHN W. OURRIER, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO REMINGTON JAMES, OF LOOKPORT, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED HAT-RACKS AND UMBRELLA-STANDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,552, dated March 12, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. CURRIER, of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oombined Hat-Racks and Umbrella Stands; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of my improved device, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

.Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The object of this invention is the production of a combined hat-rack and umbrellastand that shall be more simple in construction and capable of being furnished at aless cost than those commonly used; and it c011- sists, principally, in a combined hat-rack and umbrellastand so constructed as to be capable of attachment to and support by a vertical wall, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.

v series of slats, D, the contiguous ends of each of which are connected together by means of a pin, E, that passes through the same and extends horizontally outward to a sufficient distance to enable hats or other articles of clothing to be suspended thereon. From the transverse center of the upper horizontal bar or slat D extends vertically downward a short bar, F,

and has its lower end united to the jointed ends of the bars 0, the point of union of said bars being the radial center of the six-sided frame. A circular frame, G, containing a looking-glass, is secured upon and supported by the centers of said slats. Extending horizontally across the face of the slats A, midway between their ends, is a cross-bar, H, from the ends of which extend horizontally forward two studs, I, that are connected together at their forward ends by means of a second cross-bar, K, said crossbars and studs forming a frame, within which umbrellas, canes, 850., may be placed. A suitable frame, L, attached to the front side of the cross-bar B, and containing and supporting a drip-pan, M, for the lower ends of umbrellas, completes the device, which is placed in position against a vertical wall and secured thereon by screws, hooks, or other equivalent means.

The device thus described, being simple in construction, can be produced at a comparatively small cost, while the expense is still further reduced by its suspension from a wall, so as to render unnecessary the broad and cumbersome base usually employed for supporting and retaining in position similar articles of furniture.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new 1s In a device for attachment to and support by a vertical wall, the combination of a hat or coat rack, a frame for confining umbrellas in position, and a drip-pan for receiving and containing the lower ends of the same, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of December, 1871.

JOHN W. (JURRIER.

\Vitnesses:

J. M. STEBBINS, A. W. ALLEN. 

